is it a flatty if so i can take pics of my 53?

ok i will take pics of my 53 and post hope they will help ya

Ok lets see if this works,a little progress,alot of questions.So some pics of the engine before going in and put in car.Also here is a pic of the linkage that I have questions about mounting and how it all hooks up.I roughly put it in place but why the manual does not have a pic or parts blowup of this is beyond me.Nest I went to put on the fuel pump and of course there was this nice new shiny one that came with the car.Now I can't remember if it had one on when I got it and I searched through my boxes of parts at home and no original pump.I will have to check at work tomorrow as I may have taken it off there when I removed the motor.Now does the glass bowl go up or down for my first queation.Second this car has the remote oil canister up on the motor and I have the passthrew bolt for the oil line but it doesn't fit through this new pump.I think I could just drill the holes a little larger cause it seems to fit otherwise.The trans levers I had questions about were not the ones that hook up on the column,mine are still intact,i am asking about the two levers on the side of the transmission,there are two 1/4 in shift rods with cotter pins that hook into them,what position are those two levers in neutral or does it matter?Anyways thanks for the help,progress is being made,soon to start putting all the shiny trim back on.I upgraded a bit as I ordered the front and rear window seals with the groove for the stainless trim.I found a complete set of front trim,now just to track down the rear.Added a little bling as the car was just plain rubber trim before.Same for the rock guards on the rear doors,they were rubber but I have a chrome set to put on.Did the Pontiacs ever come with the front fender gravel guards?I have a set from a 49 chevy I could install but I have never seen a Pontiac with them.

 

 

This is for the 46-48, probably the same for 49, Best I could do.

 

Great job, that is coming along real nice. You are going to have a very quiet ride now.

Hey all Well a little more progress no thanks to an early visit from the flu bug.Anyways I think I have the throttlr linkage all done including msking new springs for all the rod ends and such.I got a ll the brake lines in and a good start on bleeding out the brakes.I put the generator in for the last time a bunch of other little things.So now onto the clutch linkage,fortuneltly I have a pic in the manual of how some of it goes but not sure exactly where the spring goes or which one.In my pics you will see I have 3 springs left,one for the clutch return I assume,one for the hood latch and not sure on the other.I did get the trans linkages attached not I am still not sure what position is neutral.I tried depressing the clutch and going through the gears but doesn't seem to want to shift into gears.Anyways could use some more pics help with the clutch linkage and trans levers I will post s

Fitz wrote:

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Hi Brian,

your work is great on this 49!

Something hit me, it's you or a previous owner that install a 2 barrels intake in this 49? 2 barrels appear first in 53.

 

Fitz.

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 I do not think that a two barrel was ever offered on an inline GM six until much latter. 

Hey All
Thanks for the encouragement,it is coming along slowly.Kind of a pain at points as I received the car partially apart and so no pics or references as to how somethings go.I am lucky in that I have the 49 so a lot of the wiring and such can be figured out by comparison.My biggest issue is thatbthe 54 is an automatic and the 49 a 4 on the tree so a new learning curve as to how all the linkages,springs etc fit together.If I can get this clutch spring thing figured out I may only be a few days away from actually being able to start it.So far my best guess is one of those springs goes on the brake pedal and one on the clutch pedal,hard to tell for sure from the manual pics I have.Fitz you may be right on the manifold,i suspect this is a later motor period,warrenty replacement maybe as the engine number doesn't match with my gm history report.Heres the story on the car as far as I know it.When they built my local Canadian tire store they tore down an old farmstead.This car was parked inside one of the abandoned grain silos.They got it out,took it home and got it running and driving for the local car show in 1996.There is actually a dash plaque from the show on the dash.Then they took it home started to disassemble,repaint and powder coat a lot of the engine components.Also a bunch of new parts still in boxes in the car,like a rebuilt distributor,new fuel pump,new coil,new belt,carb looks to have been rebuilt.Anyways somewhere they lost interest and my friend ended up buying it for him and his wife to do.The marriage ended up going south and the car sat at his dads farm in a shed until I picked it up two years ago.What was supposed to be a simple get it running and drive turned into a complete paint job,motor repaint,new interior and just about every new part ecklers offers for this car.I am hoping to have it ready to drive by spring.